Harvard Study Confirms Caffeine in Coffee Fights Depression in Women
A new study conducted at Harvard University found that women who regularly consume the caffeine in coffee are less likely to suffer from depression than those who do not. This finding is in line with the long-recognized fact, confirmed in repeated studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine by Roland Griffiths, PhD, dean of U.S. caffeine researchers, […]
Coffee Tasting – Ethiopian Yirgacheffe
As I promised in my last post, here I compare the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee to the Guatemalan Heuheutenango that I currently favor. The Yirgacheffe has a distinctive flavor, caused partly by the fact that it is wet processed. Here is a summary of dry processing versus wet processing. Dry Process Dry process, also known as […]
Coffee Tasting – Central American
Well, Bennett has asked me to be a guest contributor. So I’ll rehash some of my taste tests of various coffee beans and then survey some new ones. My first test was the Guatemalan Huehuetenango versus the very expensive Hawaiian Kona. Well, after a careful comparison of the $54 a pound Hawaiian Kona to the […]
Caffeine in Coffee Cuts Stroke Risk
A new study appearing in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association revealed that women who drank more than one cup of coffee a day had about a 25 percent lower risk of ischemic strokes than women who drank less. Ischemic strokes are responsible for over 85% of strokes. To conduct this study, in 1997 Swedish […]
Zagat Joins Starbucks Evil Empire of Burned Coffee Beans
It might be hard to believe, but Zagat, for three years running, has voted Starbucks as the #1 Best Coffee among Fast Food and Quick Refreshment chains. This, despite the fact that blind taste tests, including the ones conducted by Consumer Reports, consistently put Starbucks at the bottom of the list, calling their coffee “bitter” and “burned.” […]
Caffeine and Coffee Expert Bennett Alan Weinberg Joins ExpertInsight
NEW YORK, Aug 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — How much do you really know about Americans’ number one drug of choice — caffeine? Are you a barista who wants to know more about your craft, a coffee connoisseur, or merely in search of a new way to please your palate or understand the history of […]
Alice Cooper Reveals New Song "Caffeine" from his Forthcoming Album
Alice Cooper has released two songs from his upcoming album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, into the world. He unveiled the first single, “I’ll Bite Your Face Off,” as well as “Caffeine,” its B-side single, on his Friday night radio show on August 19. A clip of “Caffeine” can be heard on Amazon.co.uk. Alice Cooper Sings “Caffeine” […]
How Caffeine in Coffee Protects Against Skin Cancer
It’s been known for a number of years that caffeine can help lower the chance of being struck with UV-associated skin cancer. Now a team of scientists from Rutgers University and the University of Washington have uncovered one mechanism underlying this protection. By inhibiting a DNA repair pathway, caffeine causes pre-cancerous cells to die after being damaged […]
Mocha Lisa: Updating DaVinci's Masterpiece with Coffee!
Over the years, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa has been parodied many times, including when Dada artist Marcel Duchamp gave the subject of the painting a moustache. Now Karen Eland, an American artist and caffeine-lover, has modernized the classic work of art by depicting the model for the painting raising a cup of coffee with her […]
Caffeine vs. Coffee in Athletic and Sports Performance
As we have seen, caffeine is found in a wide variety of sources. Does the form in which caffeine is ingested influence its ergogenic, or energy boosting, effects? In other words, do the energy boosting effects of caffeine vary, depending on whether the caffeine is delivered in a cup of coffee, a caffeine “alertness aid,” […]
